An object prototype can only be Object or null in Function.create (native) in node.js

Question

Hi friend, I try node.js, which is in demand on time today, so I thought to get some hands on this amazing js,
so, first, I want to install mysql to create a database for my application,
I used the following command to install mysql
$ npm install mysql

sql1.js code

var mysql      = require('mysql'); 
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
    host     : 'localhost',
    user     : 'me',
    password : 'secret'
});

connection.connect();

connection.query('SELECT 1 + 1 AS solution', function(err, rows, fields) {
    if (err) throw err;

    console.log('The solution is: ', rows[0].solution); });

connection.end();

but when I launched my sql1.js which contains sql code it
gives an error

pitambar@pitambar-TravelMate-4740:~/node-example/hands-on-node.js$
node sql1.js

node.js:134
        throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
        ^ TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null
    at Function.create (native)
    at Object.inherits (util.js:425:27)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pitambar/.node_libraries/.npm/readable-stream/1.1.10/package/lib/_stream_readable.js:55:6)
    at Module._compile (module.js:402:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:408:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:334:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:293:12)
    at require (module.js:346:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pitambar/.node_libraries/.npm/readable-stream/1.1.10/package/readable.js:1:90)
    at Module._compile (module.js:402:26) pitambar@pitambar-TravelMate-4740:~/node-example/hands-on-node.js$

what to do in that case, i'm new to node
any help would be appreciated, thanks